Final Research Paper

1. Read the book and take notes on key information that you can use to expand upon. Concentrate on the main characters and their connections to a life in jazz. Include musical, social, racial, socio-economic and gender issues that are raised in the text.

2. Paper structure:

Introductory paragraph: briefly describe the book

Body: Develop the paper by using examples from the text. Then, link the period of the main character's life to your research on that specific era of jazz. How does the context of that era connect to the life and career of the book's subject? Provide outside research on the genre and time period of the artist - such as Dixieland, Swing, Bop, Cool, Fusion, etc.

Conclusion: Conclude with what you learned from the book and what it can teach us about American culture.

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